BLOCKBUSTER HANOI MOTORBIKE TOUR TO HOI AN VIA HO CHI MINH TRAILS AND DMZ

Itinerary:

Blockbuster Hanoi motorbike tour to Hoi An via DMZ – Itinerary details:

Day 1: Hanoi motorbike tour to Mai Chau : 150 Km (L, D)

This is a short motorbike tour North Vietnam, but it promises to be one of the best parts of the trip. After getting out of the town, we’ll have a beautiful motorbike ride along the DA river, lake. This ride remind you of the motorcycle tour on coastal roads. The route is almost empty in the middle of the mountain and the river lake.

After the motorcycle ride along the river, we will motorbike up and up to ride to Mai Chau valley. We will end the great Northern Vietnam motorbike tour in Mai Chau. Then we can spend the rest time of the day to have a short walk around the peaceful village of the Thai people.

Day 2: Hanoi motorbike tour to Hoi An: Mai Chau motorbike tour to Tan Ky, Nghe An : 270 Km (B, L, D)

From today we will start to ride all the way down to central Vietnam on the Ho Chi Minh trail. After breakfast and saying good bye to the host, we will have very interesting Mai Chau motorbike tour. Along the way, we go through rustic villages of the Thai people and green rice fields.

When we get out of the valley, we will keep riding on a small, spectacular and paved trail along the Ma river until Cam Thuy town where we stop for lunch. After lunch, just enjoy a relaxing motorcycle tour Ho Chi Minh trail to Tan Ky. We arrive Tan Ky town at about 5:00 pm.

Tan Ky is known as the starting point of the Ho Chi Minh trail during the war. At that time, all the troops with foods and staffs gather in Tan Ky and start to matching to the south of Vietnam on the trail to join the war in DMZ. Tan ky now is a little town located by the sides of the Ho Chi Minh trail, it’s peaceful town surrounded mountains.

Day 3: Tan Ky motorbike tour to Phong Nha, Quang Binh : 280 Km (B, L, D)

We continue the Vietnam Motorbike tour on Ho Chi Minh trail to Phong Nha and Ke Bang National Park. The ride offers some stops to see the green tea farm, villages of hill tribes. Especially, the Ho Chi Minh trail motorbike ride in the afternoon offers amazing view of the mountain, it reminds you again of limestone mountains in Halong bay.

The karst formation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Paleozoic (some 400 million years ago). And so is the oldest major karst area in Asia. Subject to massive tectonic changes, the park’s karst landscape is extremely complex with many geographic features of considerable significance. We will arrive Phong Nha at around 4:30 pm. And if time and weather permit, we can have a short boat trip along the green river to go through some famous caves.

Day 4: Hanoi motorbike tour to Hoi An: Phong Nha motorbike tour to Khe Sanh : 220 Km (B, L, D)

Unlike many other Vietnam motorcycle tour organizers, we will take you to Khe Sanh on the western Ho Chi Minh trail. The western trail is known as the hidden trail that the Us Army did never know to bomb. The trail runs through the National park of Phong Nha – Ke Bang, in more than 200 km, you will just see few other motorbikes but a lot of beautiful and beautiful mountain view.

The ride on this trail could be one the best motorcycle tours Vietnam. Especially, after getting out of the Phong Nha National park, we will get chance to visit the former US Merine Base with tunnels, Air base and a interesting museum of Khe Sanh. We will finish the great western Ho Chi Minh trail motorbike tour at about 5:00 pm.

Day 5:  Khe Sanh motorbike tour to  Vinh Moc tunnel and Hue : 180 Km (B, L, D)

This is another busy day of war stories and visits famous attraction, we will leave the Ho Chi Minh trail to ride on another historical road No 9 to the east and get closer to the coast of Vietnam. It is short Vietnam motorbike tour but we should pay a lot of visits to some interesting historical sites. Such as: Hien Luong bridge – known as the symbol of border between the north and the south of Vietnam, museum of the 17th parallel and the famous Vinh Moc tunnel. After lunch nearby the tunnels, we will have short motorcycle tour to Hue. Arrive beautiful city of Hue at around 5:00 pm.

Vinh Moc  is a tunnel complex in Quang Tri, Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, it was strategically located on the border of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The tunnels were built to shelter people from the intense bombing of Son Trung and Son Ha communes in Vinh Linh county of Quang Tri Province in the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. The American forces believed the villagers of Vinh Moc were supplying food and armaments to the North Vietnemese garrison. On the island of Con Co which was in turn hindering the American bombers on their way to bomb Hanoi.

The idea was to force the villagers of Vinh Moc to leave the area but as is typical in Vietnam there was nowhere else to go. The villagers initially dug the tunnels to move their village 10 metres underground. But the American forces designed bombs that burrowed down 10 metres. Eventually against these odds, the villagers moved the village to a depth of 30 metres. It was constructed in several stages beginning in 1966 and used until early 1972. The complex grew to include wells, kitchens, rooms for each family and spaces for healthcare. Around 60 families lived in the tunnels; as many as 17 children were born inside the tunnels.

Hue is one of 3 capital cities of Vietnam during thousand years of history. But unlike the others, Hue remains a lot of originally historical vestiges as in this ancient Capital City. Hue is also an important center of Buddhism. In Hue and its surrounding still exist tens of pagodas constructed more 300 years ago. And a hundred of temples and pagodas built in the early century. They take an important role in making Hue more attractive.

Overnight in Hue.

Note: Extension nights in Hue are available.

Day 6: Hanoi motorbike tour to Hoi An: Hue motorcycle tour to Hoi An: 175 km

After breakfast in Hotel, we will have enjoyable time to discover the charm of Hue city. Based on your mood, we can take a motorcycle tour around Hue. To see some tombs of the kings along the Huong river or have an easy bus tour around the city.

Right after getting out of Hue city, we will have great motorbike ride along the coast through some fishing villages and colorful fields of tombs. The view is quite different from the view of mountain along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Especially the motorbike ride cross the Hai Van pass must be one of the best motorcycle tours on coastline Vietnam. We will be in Da Nang city at around 2: 00 pm. You can have the option to stay in the coastal city of Da Nang or keep riding around 30 km more to Hoi An ancient town before ending up in Hoi An.

End of the trip!